The Kansas State Wildcats had chances to pull off the upset of No. 2 Baylor at home Thursday night, but costly turnovers and penalties held the Wildcats back.

Despite seeing improvements in other areas of the game Kansas State was still unable to do the things that Coach Bill Snyder talks about week in and week out.

“Can’t stop big plays, I mean they scored three times, the longest drive was 1:47, that’s hard to dig out of,” said Snyder. “On the other side, turnovers and penalties. That’s always at the top of the list when you ask me on Tuesdays, I always say the same thing, and that’s what got us. So haven’t done a very good job of coaching against those things.”

Kansas State saw more production out of the offense than they had seen for the last couple of games. The run game continues to improve as the Wildcats rushed for 258 yards on 48 carries, but also passed for 172 yards on 13-23-2 passing.

Defensively the Wildcats held Baylor to their lowest point total all season.

Will Davis, Jr. Linebacker said that the statement the Wildcats were able to make was that they’re going to compete.

“It doesn’t matter who you are, what our record is, what your record is, we’re going to come out and we’re going to try to beat you every Saturday,” said Davis. “It doesn’t matter. We think we can play with anyone and we’re confident in ourselves, we may not be that pretty, but we’re going to show up and compete.”

The loss matches the longest losing streak since 2008, and is the Wildcats third loss by only a one touchdown margin to a top 25 team this season.

Kansas State will be back in action next Saturday when they travel to Texas Tech to take on the Red Raiders.